HOW TO BECOME A MORNING PERSON/COMO SER UNA PERSONA MADRUGADORA

Some of you will read this article because they do want to become a morning person and some of you might be reading this out of curiosity, so I want to start by talking about why it is recommended to wake up early. If you are like me you will definitely hate waking up early. I mean the bed is still cold, your sheets are all around you and you are super comfortable in your bed and all that your body “wants” is to stay a “little bit longer”, but the problem with this is that sometimes a little bit longer might be a few more hours. By my own experience when I used to sleep till late (when ever after 9 AM, which it also became to be until noon) my obesity problems started and it feed my depression. But after I started to wake up early (not by choice, just to be honest) I noticed that I was feeling a lot better during my day.

WHY BECOME A MORNING PERSON

There are many benefits of waking up early in the morning. On 2008 a Texas University showed a study were students who defined themselves as morning persons had a whole point higher in their GPS than the other students (3.5 vs. 2.5). On that same year Cristoph Randler discovered that early risers are more productive and I have to agree with that. Ever since I started to wake up early I been more awake, more conscious and I work better when it comes to my job. I feel more energetic and want to do more things and actually I do have the time to finish all my day errands, something I was not achieving when I used to wake up late, I mean, I barely even cooked, I was feeling so tired that I wanted to do NOTHING. When you wake up early you have time to sit down and analyze things, anticipate problems and come with solutions, which in the end it leads to success in your business. You can plan better things and be more organized, now I have time to workout in the mornings, clean the house and even have more time with my kids. This will also give you the famous “I don’t have time to workout” time! Now you have that extra 30 minutes you needed to do exercise, something very important for everybody’s health. Waking up early means doing errands or go to work more early which means less traffic and an extra hour for yourself. When I started to wake up at 6 AM I was relax when I got to my job, I went to 7-eleven got me a French vanilla coffee (ahhhhhh yes!) got me some breakfast, I enjoy every bite of it, I was calm if there was traffic because I was not late, I mean life was so much better because I had time to wake my kids up and not hurry them and just get ready without any rush and even go with them to 7-eleven and get them something they love and enjoy a small family time before we spend hours apart from each other. Are there any better reasons than that? I mean family time, quiet time, workout, breakfast and success in your business is everything we need right? So how can you become a morning person?

PREPARE YOUR SELF

Preparing your self is crucial to have success on this new goal. Plan ahead and get ready for success.

#1. Start by avoiding bright lights, to much light will not calm your body down, loud TV or radio devices will only wake you up more. You need to prepare yourself to calm down so your body starts getting tired and ready for bed.

#2. Avoid coffee, alcohol or anything with caffeine on it. This will only keep you awake longer.

#3. Write down why you want to do this. Be clear why you want to wake up early, not having your mind straight on what you really want will make you hit the snooze button when that alarm rings. Also if you are struggling in the morning to get up you can give yourself that pep talk and motivate you to start moving.

#4. Try to not go to bed too hungry or too full. You want your body to relax not to be over working processing all that food you just ate. I try to have dinner around 6:30 so I can have a snack at 8 PM so I won’t be hungry after 10 PM.

#5. If you need TV, watch something that is not scary or have to much action. Remember you need your body to get sleepy not to raise your adrenaline on the sky. I love to read but I also love to watch my reality shows, but I only do it on Netflix or so because laying on bed and rolling my body on my sheets does makes me tired and sleepy (not that I don’t love my shows, I am a reality show fan) and if I miss it I can watch it later.

#6. Go for reading a book. This is a quiet environment and will help you to relax. I really love this one, I am learning and setting my mind for success since I only read great motivational or learning books and I will get sleepy and fall asleep fast, believe me I used to have a lot of sleeping problems.

#7. Go to bed earlier. Try to go to sleep 15 minutes early of what you usually do and increase to 30 minutes the next week and 45 the next one until you made a schedule were you can sleep at least 7 hours. I go to bed by 11 PM so I can get up at 6 AM and make my 7 hours of sleep, no more no less.

WAKE UP!!!

#1. Make sure you have the right alarm clock. Some people prefer loud noises while other people like something calmer. Since I live in Puerto Rico and I can literally hear the sound of the waves on my room I like a good beach or tropical music as my alarm sound, a loud alarm will only give me a heart attack in the mornings.

#2. Put your alarm FAR AWAY! Force yourself to get up of bed to turn that alarm off. If you are like me you still might be sleep when you turn it off and you will sleep more or even worst yet, be late. I can’t tell you how many times I turned the alarm off WHILE I WAS STILL asleep, lucky for me I have kids that wakes up with the rosters and well they wake me up too (oh yeah, a mother’s life).

#3. Make sure you are exposed to light. Rather is natural or not, having a lot of light will start telling your body is time to wake up and you will get on the mood to get out of bed. I used to sleep with all my windows and curtains closed because I count sleep with any light on my room, but little by little I started to open curtains and windows and now I sleep with all my windows open so when that sunlight comes inside my room and hits my face I will lose all my sleep and get up.

#4. Do your morning routine. Wash your teeth and wash your face with some cold water, this will help to wake you up if you still feel sleepy. Please drink at least two cups of water, you need to hydrate your body, it has been out of foods and liquids for 7 hours so you might be lightly dehydrated.

#5. Put some upbeat music. Music is a great turn on, it will eventually make your body move and get that mood up. Do your bed, organize your room or house to keep you waking up and turn on your happy and moving mood. Since I have a baby I just put my head phones so I don’t wake her up but still get my mood on.

#6. Keep moving. I am not talking about more dancing unless it some ZUMBAAAA! Working out in the mornings will get your blood flow up, raise your heart beat and help you to turn up your adrenaline, which we want now so you can start your day with a great energy. I love doing workouts first thing in the mornings because it gives me so much energy during my day that I love it.

#7. Enjoy your breakfast. It is time to sit down and enjoy your first meal of the day with your family. This is the most important meal of your day since like we mention before you haven’t ate in hours and your body need all the nutrients it needs to be able to function right and stay healthy. I never skip breakfast, I mostly just have oatmeal and a green smoothie, it is easy, quick and everything I need because it has fibers, protein, fruits, vegetables and nuts.

Write this tips down and make it a habit, believe me you will get use to it and you will love it. You will sleep plenty after you die so get up and enjoy your day, have some you time and of course some family time without stress, hurries, accidents, failure and non any other negative consequence of a non healthy lifestyle which includes waking up late.

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